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XIII.—The Oratory of the Holy Trinity at Barton, in the Isle of Wight

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The Oratory of the Holy Trinity at Barton, in the Isle of Wight, came to an end long before the general dissolution of religious houses, and thus escaped the notice of Dugdale. Sir Richard Worsley's History of the Isle of Wight (page 177) contains a short account of it. The oratory was founded in 1275, by two parish priests, master Thomas de Winton, rector of Godshill, and Sir John de Insula (de l'lsle), rector of Shalfleet. They were men of property and good family, and I suppose that their object in adding another to the numerous religious houses in the island was that there should be one such house under the direct jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese, owing no allegiance to the pope, or to any of the existing monastic bodies under his influence.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1890

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page 297 note a Called indifferently Barton, Berton, or Burton in the old documents.

page 299 note a Beer.

page 299 note b Crudmoor, a farm of 112 acres situate in Carisbrooke parish.

page 300 note a hyeme.

page 300 note b Usually a “league,” but here a division of time.

page 302 note a Godyton was a manor in the parish of Chale. Walter de Godyton in 1323 built a chapel on Chale Down and endowed a chantry priest to sing mass and burn lights for the guidance of mariners. St. Catherine's Tower, the well-known sea-mark, stands on the site of this chapel.

page 303 note a Quilibet eorum utatur pallio Hibernensi de nigro burneto cum pileo.

page 303 note b These properties can be identified.

page 303 note * These properties can be identified.

page 305 note a A stitch or strip of land, called locally a “Butt” at the present day.

page 305 note b The manor of Woolverton in Shorwell parish was formerly held by a family of the same name, who also hold lands at Wolverton, near Kingsclere, in Hampshire, now belonging to the Duke of Wellington.

The first archpriest was Jordan de Marisco. He had been Vicar of Godshill under Thomas de Wynton. His successors, as far as I have been able to discover, are:

page 307 note a , Wright'sTenures, 162Google Scholar; Watkins on Copyholds, 15.

page 307 note b Written within the initial I is: “In ore duorum vel trinm testium stet omne verbum.”

page 308 note a This mark consists of a double triangle, the lower point resting on steps inscribed with the notary's name, the upper point ending in a double barred cross. In the centre is a crescent enclosing three ermine spots.

page 308 note b The seal is lost and only the strings of suspension remain.

page 309 note a i.e. appropriated.

page 309 note b i.e. to make both ends meet.

page 310 note a Computus Roll, 1439, “Solut. Margerie Oryngham xxs pro redemptione psalterii glosati cum glosâ eius pertinentis quondam ad manerium de Barton et eidem Margerie impignorati.”

page 310 note b He was son of Henry IV., brother of Henry V., uncle of Henry VI., created duke of Gloucester and earl of Pembroke in 1414, and appointed great chamberlain in 1413.